On 01/27/2016 07:07 PM, Jon Elson wrote:
On 01/27/2016 11:24 AM, Murray McCullough wrote:
I learned today of the passing of a true computing visionary,
Marvin Minsky He of artificial intelligence fame. We in the classic
computing fraternity, and computing in general, can enjoy our
‘hobby’ because of his work.
I recall Minsky's text "Computation: Finite and Infinite Machines" was
very entertaining--unlike most college texts. The introduction of
McCullogh-Pitts cell analogies was my first exposure to the idea of
neural networks.
--Chuck
